JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. - DU baseball completed the four-game weekend sweep of Northwood on Saturday at the home of the Johnson City Doughboys of the Appalachian League. The Panthers found their moxie on Friday and continued it into Saturday with wins of 4-1 (seven innings) and 16-6 (nine innings).
GAME 1
Adam Berghorst (Indiana State transfer) took the ball for the first time at Davenport and gave the Panthers a quality start with 6.1 innings to earn the win. He allowed seven hits and one earned run with one walk and four strikeouts.
Mason Hill (Aquinas College transfer) came into the game in the seventh inning and got the final two outs on three pitches for his first save at DU.
Davenport broke open the scoring with three runs in the top of the fifth.
Carson Lindau had a two-run scoring single for his first RBI in a Panther uniform.
Chase Kemp and
Wyatt Epple scored on the single through the left side.
Dylan Pawenski then drew a bases-loaded walk for the third run of the inning. The Panthers added another run in the top of the sixth.
Cody Hultink reached on an error and then
Justin Johnson drove one to center for a RBI double.
Michael Tchavdarov went 1-for-2 with a double and two walks.
Vincent Hardy also went 2-for-2 before being pinch ran for by Epple.
GAME 2
The bats were red hot in the nightcap and DU busted out 19 hits. The team totaled seven doubles out of those 19 knocks. Davenport scored once in the top of the first as Pawenski had a RBI groundout. Then the floodgates opened in the top of the fourth with eight runs for a 9-0 advantage. In the fourth,
Sam Clay started the scoring with a RBI double. Kemp followed with a RBI single and
Zach Hopman also had an infield RBI single. Hopman had a career game going 4-for-5 with three runs scored and three stolen bases.
Lindau drove in two more runs in game two and Tchavdarov led the team with four RBI and went 2-for-4 at the dish. Hardy continued his strong day at the plate going 2-for-3 and scored twice as designated hitter. Kemp finished 3-for-4 with two runs scored and two RBI.
Austin VanderMarkt tossed five innings to get the win for DU. He allowed six hits and just one earned run (three total) with no walks and six strikeouts. The bullpen trio of
Connor Apligian,
Conor Gausselin, and
Brandon Skorupski walked no one and struck out four with each throwing one inning.
The Panthers will now focus their attention on McKendree University (GLVC) who is 0-4 this season after dropping all four at Harding University during their opening weekend (Feb. 7-9). The Bearcats will play Missouri-St. Louis on Friday, Feb. 21 in a doubleheader before facing Davenport on Saturday, Feb. 22 in a doubleheader.
